Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila 11.51 (1973 Edition). All Synonyms, Translation and Purport by his Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
কংসারি সেন, রামসেন, রামচন্দ্ৰ কবিরাজ ।
গোবিন্দ, শ্রীরঙ্গ, মুকুন্দ, তিন কবিরাজ ॥ ৫১ ॥
kaṁsāri sena, rāmasena, rāmacandra kavirāja
govinda, śrīraṅga, mukunda, tina kavirāja
SYNONYMS
kaṁsāri sena—of the name Kaṁsāri Sena; rāmasena—of the name Rāmasena; rāmacandrakavirāja—of the name Rāmacandra Kavirāja; govinda—of the name Govinda; śrīraṅga—of the name Śrīraṅga; mukunda—of the name Mukunda; tinakavirāja—all three are Kavirājas, or physicians.
TRANSLATION
The fifty-eighth great devotee of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu was Kaṁsāri Sena, the fifty-ninth was Rāmasena, the sixtieth was Rāmacandra Kavirāja, and the sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third were Govinda, Śrīraṅga and Mukunda, who were all physicians.
PURPORT
Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja, the son of Khaṇḍavāsi Cirañjīva and Sunanda, was a disciple of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and the most intimate friend of Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, who prayed several times for his association. His youngest brother was Govinda Kavirāja. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī very much appreciated Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja’s great devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa and therefore gave him the title Kavirāja. Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja, who was perpetually disinterested in family life, greatly assisted in the preaching work of Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura. He resided at first in Śrīkhaṇḍa but later in the village of Kumāra-nagara on the bank of the Ganges. Govinda Kavirāja was the brother of Rāmacandra Kavirāja and youngest son of Cirañjīva of Śrīkhaṇḍa. Although at first a sākta, or worshiper of goddess Durgā, he was later initiated by Śrīnivāsa Ācārya Prabhu. Govinda Kavirāja also resided first in Śrīkhaṇḍa and then in Kumāra-nagara, but later he moved to the village known as Teliyā Budhari on the southern bank of the River Padma. Since Govinda Kavirāja, the author of two books, Saṅgīta-mādhava and Gītāmṛta, was a great Vaiṣṇava kavi, or poet, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī gave him the title Kavirāja. He is described in the Bhakti- ratnākara, Ninth Taraṅga.
Kaṁsāri Sena was formerly Ratnāvalī in Vraja, as described in the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verses 194 and 200.
Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila 10.105 (1973 Edition). All Synonyms, Translation and Purport by his Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
শ্রীগোপাল ভট্ট এক শাখা সর্বোত্তম ।
রূপ–সনাতন–সঙ্গে যাঁর প্রেম–আলাপন ॥ ১০৫ ॥
śrī-gopāla bhaṭṭa eka śākhā sarvottama
rūpa-sanātana-saṅge yāṅra prema-ālāpana
SYNONYMS
śrī-gopāla bhaṭṭa- of the name Śri Gopāla Bhaṭṭa; eka-one; śākhā-branch; sarvottama-very exalted; rūpa-of the name Rūpa; sanātana-of the name Sanātana; sange-company; yāǹra-whose; prema-love of Godhead; ālāpana-discussion.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, the forty-seventh branch, was one of the great and exalted branches of the tree. He always engaged in discourses about love of God-head in the company of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī.
PURPORT
Śri Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī was the son of Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, a resident of Śrīraṅgam. Gopāla Bhaṭṭa formerly belonged to the disciplic succession of the Rāmānuja-sampradāya but later became part of the Gauḍīya-sampradaya. In the year 1433 sakābda, when Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was touring South India, He stayed for four months during the period of Cāturmāsya at the house of Veṅkaṭa Bhaṭṭa, who then got the opportunity to serve the Lord to his heart’s content. Gopāla Bhaṭṭa also got the opportunity to serve the Lord at this time. Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī was later initiated by his uncle, the great sannyāsī Prabodhānanda Sarasvati. Both the father and mother of Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī were extremely fortunate, for they dedicated their entire lives to the service of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. They allowed Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmi to go to Vṛndāvana, and they gave up their lives thinking of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
When Lord Caitanya was later informed that Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmi had gone to Vṛndāvana and met Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana Gosvāmī, He was very pleased, and He advised Śri Rūpa and Sanātana to accept Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī as their younger brother and take care of him. Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, out of his great affection for Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, compiled the Vaiṣṇava smṛti named Hari-bhakti-vilāsa and published it under his name. Under the instruction of Śrīla Rūpa and Sanātana, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī installed one of the seven principal Deities of Vṛndāvana, the Rādhāramaṇa Deity. The sevāits (priests) of the Rādhāramaņa temple belong to the Gaudiya-sampradaya. When Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī took permission from all the Vaisnavas before writing Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī also gave him his blessings, but he requested him not to mention his name in the book. Therefore Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī has mentioned Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmi only very cautiously in one or two passages of Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
Śrila Jīva Gosvāmī has written in the beginning of his Tattva-sandarbha, “A devotee from southern India who was born of a brāhmaṇa family and was a very intimate friend of Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī has written a book that he has not compiled chronologically. Therefore I, a tiny living entity known as jīva, am trying to assort the events of the book chronologically, consulting the direction of great personalities like Madhvācārya, Śrīdhara Svāmī, Rāmānujācārya and other senior Vaiṣṇavas in the disciplic succes-sion.” In the beginning of the Bhagavat-sandarbha there are similar statements by Śrila Jīva Gosvāmī. Śrīla Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī compiled a book called Sat-kriyāsāra-dīpikā, edited the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, wrote a foreword to the Ṣaṭ-sandarbha and a commentary on the Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta, and installed the Rādhāramaṇa Deity in Vṛndāvana.
In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verse 184, it is mentioned that his previous name in the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa was Anaṅga-mañjarī. Sometimes he is also said to have been an incarnation of Guna-mañjarī. Śrīnivāsa Ācārya and Gopīnātha Pūjārī were two of his disciples.
What is on my mind Prabhupada is so kind he stays with this swine wasting most my time dumb, deaf and blind. I know Prabhupada I need so he never, ever did leave because he is why I breathe. I surrendered my life to him he knew to begin my dearest friend! his love is beyond all illusion and sin. and so I am pointing everyone to him.
I’m just trying to impart all inside my heart! what he says in my heart inside my spark I know I am not smart and deep in the dark. by Prabhupada’s love I now play my part.
So I beg to you Prabhupada! please forever drag this dog back to my love Krishna, God just everything I sadly forgot. I want the world to really hear! from my master most dear always staying most near with a love beyond all here. He is the guru for all souls for his love all must know is the love in every soul! that now has gone cold. I must make all understand! Lord Krishna’s loving Hand has all under His command for us to someday understand.
All are fully dependent on Him our constant assistant and friend! He is completely beyond pretend! He is the beginning, middle and end. His chief name is all attractive Krishna! He is the fulfiller of all of our wishes with out Him we do nothing at all on His names we must always call because we forgot we all did fall.
Humility is our only key to find the Lord of all that be we must not give up our quest to know the truth and nothing less. Lord Krishna is the supreme person all our souls are always thirsting is for our love, our unlimited joy who is an eternal cowherd boy. Krishna is known alone by love! through his servant high above empowered to guide us from disaster is Srila Prabhupada our spiritual master. He is the Jagat Guru, guru of the universe so in all our hearts he must come first! we must know deeply all of his words to strictly obey them or remain cursed.
We must remain in darkness without him Srila Prabhupada beyond all sin or whim We must beg him to force open our eyes to the eternal truth beyond all cheating lies like we are these bodies and die in the end this world is our home we cannot transcend but the truth is our lives never ever do end and life is meant to back to Godhead again. It is impossible to know without Prabhupada! living in his books to guide all back to God all will find by Krishna;s grace when their sincere to know just why they live and their Lord most dear.
Only by the grace of Prabhupada’s real servants sacrificing their lives to free all from vicious serpents the demons over lording the world with their poison can only be killed by those who are always rejoicing. singing loudly Krishna’s names in Lord Gaura’s parade is devotees bolding preaching pure truths unafraid They are propounding our only deliverance in this age the constant chanting of Lord Krishna’s purifying names.
Everyone here requires mercy from above to know who are they are and who they love! our pure love flows to God and all creatures this real love is in the hearts of God’s preachers who risk their lives to spread all that must be known to solve all our difficulties and return back home.
This Prabhupada preaches in my heart!! forcing me out of the dark to impart this poem to guide material creation home! and realize that they are never alone. Prabhupada is love personified for all because of His love for Krishna Gopal! he remains with his servants with faith in him pushing me on despite impossibilities my friends! we must pray to Prabhupada all his grace we win.
This anubhavananda dasa begs pray for me Srila Prabhupada and all your servants stay with me all I know is vices and a uncontrolled demon mind still Prabhupada stays with me inconcievably kind. So this most rare personality I must reveal to all Oh my dear Lord Krishna I beg let the world hear my call.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna! Krishna Krishna Hare Hare! Hare Rama Hare Rama! Rama Rama Hare Hare!
Srila Prabhupada said in 1972 in Kartika in Vrindavana that we must always be ready to offer respect to everyone, because each living entity is originally a devotee of God or Krishna, but circumstantially the soul being covered by ignorance, is acting as a demon, in this world there are divine and demonic people, divine people obey the laws of God or Krishna and demonic ones do not, but everyone’s original nature is to be a devotee of God or Krishna.The first thing to do in devotional life is to purify the designations, the designations mean the things that we are not but that we think we are, for example people in general think that I am the body, and therefore I am Spanish, American , Hindu, etc., I am the master of everything, my house and my family belong to me, I am the enjoyer, the controller of everything, this woman is my wife, here is my son, here is my brother, etc., everything these are designations, the result of living with designations is that the person lives full of fear, envy, ignorance and very conditioned, a soul free of designations believes and experiences that I am not the body, but an eternal spiritual soul, a loving servant of God or Krishna and His devotees, my relatives are also children of God or Krishna, my house and everything I own belongs to God or Krishna and I use everything for the service of God or Krishna, the result of having that God consciousness or Krishna, is that the person lives happily and free.
In devotional life there are three kinds of devotees of God or Krishna, the neophyte, the middle stage, and the perfect devotee. First you have to understand what faith is, faith means having complete conviction that when chanting the Maha-Mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H se read as J for j) will automatically fulfill all duties and complete all godly activities. The neophyte devotee exhibits a faith that is formal, even worldly, worships Deity but has not developed an interest in serving the representative of God or Krishna, the authorized spiritual master, the devotee in the middle stage develops loving affection for God or Krishna , makes friends with other devotees, has compassion for innocent people, an innocent person is one who believes in God or Krishna, but is not advanced in spiritual life, and avoids the company of atheists, and the perfect devotee is one who he sees God or Krishna everywhere, and God or Krishna is his life and soul, his life revolves around The Maha-Mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H is read as J for j), for him, the Holy Name of God or Krishna is the essence of everything.
Date: Friday, 10th January 2025 Location: Mayapur, West Bengal, India
Putrada Ekādaśī is a special fasting day observed for spiritual purification and devotion. On this day, devotees fast from grains, beans, tea, coffee, and other stimulants.
What to do on Ekādaśī?
Observe the fast with sincerity.
Chant extra rounds of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Engage in hearing and reading about Lord Krishna’s pastimes for spiritual upliftment.
Wishing you a blissful and spiritually enriching Ekādaśī!
Recently someone suggested in a forum of devotees that Srila Prabhupada was under the maya-shakti, and thus, like all conditioned souls, was ignorant (or not fully aware) of past, present, and future. This person insinuated that Prabhupada couldn’t have known in 1977 that his appointment of “diksa-gurus” or “regular gurus” would lead to scandal and chaos. In other words, this man suggested that, unlike famous liberated devotees and great saints like Narada Muni who are well-known as being tri-kala-jna, Srila Prabhupada was ignorant of certain facts and realities and, in fact, lacked the discretion to understand that appointing upstarts as diksha-gurus was a bad idea. Another former disciple, a “woke” professor of Hinduism at Harvard University, promotes similar misconceptions, suggesting that the self-realized spiritual master might speak improperly sometimes due to his being under the influence of parochialism or provincialism and/or cultural bias.
As Lord Krishna often plays the part of an ordinary man when He comes to the material world, so do His great devotees, who play their parts perfectly. Lord Chaitanya sometimes presented Himself as a simple, dull man who was only qualified to chant Hare Krishna and nothing more. But intelligent sadhus, like Prakashananda Sarasvati, although an impersonalist at the time of his first meeting with the Lord, did not take literally the Lord’s words or self-deprecation. Similarly, despite Srila Prabhupada’s humility and unassuming nature, many non-devotees and neophyte devotees recognized, to some extent, Srila Prabhupada’s all-cognizance–due to their non-envious nature, Krishna’s mercy, and Srila Prabhupada’s personal effulgence.
The following statements from Nectar of Devotion should clear up misunderstandings and doubts in this regard:
Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 22:
52. All-Cognizant:
“Any person who can understand the feelings of all persons and incidents in all places and at all times is called all-cognizant.” (Nectar of Devotion, page 184)
In Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 25, (Devotees of Krishna), under the heading “Eternal Perfection”, Srila Prabhupada states:
“It is described that Krishna, the enemy of Kamsa, has 64 transcendental qualities, and all the ever-liberated souls who accompany the Lord have the first 55 of the qualities, without any doubt. Such devotees are related to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in any of the five transcendental mellows—namely neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parenthood, and conjugal love. These relationships with the Lord are eternal, and therefore nitya-siddha devotees do not have to strive to attain perfection by executing regulative principles. They are eternally qualified to serve Krishna.”
Srila Prabhupada has warned: “Familiarity breeds contempt”. Those who associated with Srila Prabhupada briefly or occasionally (or only through his vani and worship) have related many experiences that indicate or confirm Srila Prabhupada’s all-knowing nature. Case in point: recently I was wondering how to counteract these misconceptions regarding guru-tattva and Srila Prabhupada, and then almost immediately, without my trying, I blindly opened someone else’s Nectar of Devotion to the pertinent passages. Our personal experiences with Srila Prabhupada are valuable for others to hear only if they confirm the version of shastra. Srila Prabhupada has explained that educated devotees and pandits are known as shastra-chaksu: “those who see through the eyes or scripture.”
[Please note: Those who see through the eyes of scripture have one opinion. Similarly, those who accept the orders and conclusions of the spiritual master have only one opinion, whereas those who speculate or try to promote their own interpretations have many differing and contradictory opinions that are sometimes quite absurd.]
“Some of the disciples strictly accepted the orders of the acharya and others deviated, independently concocting their own opinions under the spell of daivi-maya.” (Sri Chaitanya-caritamrita Adi. 12.9)
“This verse describes the beginning of a schism. When disciples do not stick to the principle of accepting the order of their spiritual master, immediately there are two opinions. Any opinion different from the opinion of the spiritual master is useless. One cannot infiltrate materially concocted ideas into spiritual advancement. That is deviation. There is no scope for adjusting spiritual advancement to material ideas.” (Cc. Adi. 12.9, Purport)
“This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.”(Bhagavad-gita 7.14)
Srila Prabhupada didn’t need to practice sadhana-bhakti to cross beyond the three modes of material nature and transcend illusion. He is a nitya-siddha, shaktavesa who was predicted by many great devotees, by scripture, and by Lord Chaitanya Himself.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura (Spiritual master of Srila Prabhupada) Disappearance Day
Fasting Till Noon
A Biography of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura (Spiritual master of Srila Prabhupada):-
‘Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was born in the holy pilgrimage place of Jagannatha Puri to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, a great Vaisnava acarya in the line of succession coming from Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Although employed as a government magistrate, Srila Bhaktivinoda worked tirelessly to establish the teachings of Lord Chaitanya in India. He envisioned a worldwide spiritual movement and prayed for a son to help him achieve his dream.
On February 6, 1874, in the sacred pilgrimage town of Jagannath Puri, where Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura served as superintendent of the famous Jagannatha temple, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta appeared in this world. He was given the name Bimala Prasada. At the age of seven, Bimala Prasada had memorized the more than seven hundred Sanskrit verses of the Bhagavad-gita and could speak illuminating commentaries upon them. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, the author of many important books and other writings on Gaudiya Vaisnava philosophy, trained his son in printing and proofreading.
By the time he was twenty-five years old, Bimala Prasada had acquired an impressive reputation as a scholar of Sanskrit, mathematics, and astronomy. His astronomical treatise, Surya- siddhanta, won him the title Siddhanta Sarasvati in recognition of his immense learning. In 1905, following the advice of his father, Siddhanta Sarasvati accepted spiritual initiation from Srila Gaurakishora dasa Babaji. Although Srila Gaurakishora dasa Babaji was illiterate, he was renowned throughout the continent as a great saint and Vaisnava acarya.
Siddhanta Sarasvati, although a great scholar, exhibited humility and dedication in the presence of Srila Gaurakishora. Satisfied with such humility and dedication of his highly educated disciple, Srila Gaurakishora gave Siddhanta Sarasvati his full blessings and requested him to “preach the Absolute Truth and keep aside all other work.” Upon the disappearance of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in 1914, Siddhanta Sarasvati became editor of his father’s journal, Sajjana- tosani, and founded the Bhagawat Press for the publication of Gaudiya Vaisnava literature.
In 1918 Siddhanta Sarasvati accepted the renounced order of spiritual life, assuming the title Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja. For purposes of propagating Gaudiya Vaisnavism throughout India, he organized the Gaudiya Math, with sixty-four branches throughout the country. The headquarters of his mission, the Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, is located in Sridhama Mayapura, the birthplace of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta adjusted ancient traditions to conform with technological and social conditions of the twentieth century. He considered the printing press a most effective means of spreading this message throughout the world and was himself the author of many important translations, commentaries, and philosophical essays. He was the first spiritual teacher in this line to allow his renounced preachers (sannyasis) to wear Western clothes and travel in modern conveyances rather that on foot. Throughout the 1930s, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta expanded and increased his missionary work and succeeded in reestablishing Gaudiya Vaisnavism as the leading force in Indian spiritual life.
On January 1, 1937, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura passed from this world.”
(Taken from the book ‘Brahma Samhita’ by Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
Srila Prabhupāda: Therefore, my Guru Mahārāja used to say, “This is not a place for a gentleman.” Formerly, therefore, they used to go away from the society, go in the forest, to give up this bad association. Live alone.
Once Srila Prabhupada visited one of his temples in the USA, in the house in front of the temple they had painted a great insult against the Hare Krishnas, there he said that the Hare Krishna are a children of …, so that Srila Prabhupada would not see this when He went out to do his morning walk, he was surrounded by the highest devotees, in one way or another Srila Prabhupada saw the insult and said that this house is the luckiest house in the USA, because it says Krishna, the highest level devotees are called paramahansas, that means the supreme swan, the swan has the ability that from a mixture of water and milk, he will take the milk and will not touch the water, in the same way the devotee who lives in pure goodness has the ability to drink from this world the spiritual part, the positive part, and he never touches the material part or the negative part, in other words, he takes gold even from poison, Srila Prabhupada, Jesus, Srila Haridasa Thakura, etc., envious and ignorant they attack them a lot, in the period Germany’s most important story on the first page put a great criticism against Srila Prabhupada, there he said that in Los Angeles, USA, there is a guru who has his disciples like crazy selling his books, while he lives a life full of luxury.
